Barrowline Cruisers
River Barrow & Barrow Line
Family-run narrowboat and barge hire from Vicarstown, for cruises north on the Grand Canal or south onto the River Barrow; three-night and weekly hires.
Vicarstown, Co. Laois
Boat hire
Barrowline Cruisers
Barrowline Cruisers is a family-run narrowboat and barge hire business at Vicarstown, Co. Laois, on the Barrow Line of the Grand Canal. From there you can head north to the Grand Canal main line, towards Dublin or the Shannon, or south onto the livelier River Barrow.
Key facts
- Bases
- 1 base
- Waterways
- River Barrow & Barrow Line
- Languages
- English On the booking website or spoken by staff
- Phone
- +353 57 862 6060
- Address
- Vicarstown, Co. Laois
- Checked
- Desk research, not yet checked on site
Before you book
- Season
- 7 Mar – 31 Oct
- Shortest hire
- 3 nights
- One-way trips
- Not offered
- Pets
- Not yet checked
- Skipper’s minimum age
- Not yet checked
- Licence
- Not yet checked
- Fuel
- Not yet checked
- Deposit
- €500
From the company’s own hire terms, checked on 23 Oct 2026. Terms change, so confirm them when you book.
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Bases
Where the boats are. Each base is a stop in the guide, with its moorings and what is ashore.
Ready-made trips from these bases
Day-by-day routes with distances, locks and cruising times, ready to open in the trip planner.
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The River Barrow: Vicarstown to St Mullins and back
Ten nights by narrowboat from Barrowline's base at Vicarstown down the wooded River Barrow, through 26 hand-worked locks to the last lock at St Mullins, and back.
Moderate Round trip
Photo: A.-K. D. · CC BY-SA 4.0
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